diff --git a/cmake/EthCheckCXXCompilerFlag.cmake b/cmake/EthCheckCXXCompilerFlag.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e62885fe..000000000
--- a/cmake/EthCheckCXXCompilerFlag.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
-
-# Adds CXX compiler flag if the flag is supported by the compiler.
-#
-# This is effectively a combination of CMake's check_cxx_compiler_flag()
-# and add_compile_options():
-#
-#    if(check_cxx_compiler_flag(flag))
-#        add_compile_options(flag)
-#
-function(eth_add_cxx_compiler_flag_if_supported FLAG)
-  # Remove leading - or / from the flag name.
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "^[-/]" "" name ${FLAG})
-  # Deletes any ':' because it's invalid variable names.
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ":" "" name ${name})
-  check_cxx_compiler_flag(${FLAG} ${name})
-  if(${name})
-    add_compile_options(${FLAG})
-  endif()
-
-  # If the optional argument passed, store the result there.
-  if(ARGV1)
-    set(${ARGV1} ${name} PARENT_SCOPE)
-  endif()
-endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
index 2461b947d..935097978 100644
--- a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
@@ -15,13 +15,9 @@
 # These settings then end up spanning all POSIX platforms (Linux, OS X, BSD, etc)
 
 include(CableCompileOptions)
-include(EthCheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
 if(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
-	eth_add_cxx_compiler_flag_if_supported(-fstack-protector-strong have_stack_protector_strong_support)
-	if(NOT have_stack_protector_strong_support)
-		eth_add_cxx_compiler_flag_if_supported(-fstack-protector)
-	endif()
+	cable_add_compile_options(IF_SUPPORTED -fstack-protector -fstack-protector-strong)
 endif()
 
 if (("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU") OR ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang"))